Jd' at Korakuen Hall - 12/29/01
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| Keiko Furuta/Chiaki Kashida vs Teruko Kagawa/Yumi Ohka | |
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Furuta and Kashida This was mainly a comedy match. You'll notice the camera right in front of me. That was a common theme for the whole night. |
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Kagawa and Ohka give Furuta what for. |
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Kashida is quite big compared to the other wrestlers with a pretty good charisma. If she had stuck to wrestling, she probably would have been very good. |
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Furuta was able to pin Ohka with a nifty Jumping Hammerlock Victory Roll. |
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Furuta, Kashida and Kagawa (along with Ayano Ohmori) are all retiring from wrestling in March to concentrate on acting. Wrestling in Jd' was always gonna be temporary, unfortunately. |
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MARU vs Haruka Matsuo |
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Matsuo only debuted in June but has shown great instincts in the wrestling ring. Hopefully, she will continue to improve. |
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MARU on the other hand was an embarrassment. Being the senior wrestler she had most of the offense. Only problem is she did the same 2 moves over and over again. Eventually getting the win through a chorus of boos. |
| Emi Tojyo vs Ayano Ohmori | |
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Ayano Ohmori showing off her cowboy outfit. She threw the hat into the stands and it totally buzzed me. If it had been a saw blade, I would have had a brand new part in my hair. |
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Tojyo is a superstar in waiting. She has pretty decent skills for such an inexperienced wrestler as well as unbelievable ring presence. If she keeps at wrestling, she will be a superstar. |
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Ohmori got very little offense in, this exchange being about all. |
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The rest of the time was pretty much domination by Tojyo, who stretched Ohmori and basically dominated her. |
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Damn, I wish the picture had come out better. |
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Tojyo eventually picked up the win and had a nice little respect moment with Ohmori. |
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Ariya/Cyber Iizuka vs Hiromi Yagi/Ranmaru |
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Cyber Iizuka is formerly Obacchi Iizuki, a kooky comedy wrestler. Funny thing is she can really wrestle, hence a new gimmick to get her over as a serious wrestler. |
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Ariya showing her ups. |
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This was a pretty even match with all 4 at the top of their game. |
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You might notice that Iizuka isn't the slightest person in the world. Somehow she managed to execute a somersault press with 2.5 twists. |
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Unfortunately for her, Yagi cut her off at the pass on the second attempt. |
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Snuck a pic of this pinning predicament thru the throng. |
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Iizuka's old gimmick involved her carrying around a Japanese radish. Ranmaru broke out her own version and smacked Iizuka over the head with it. Yagi then came with a kick to the dome for the win. |
| Jd' began the Athtress project in 2000 as a way to generate interest in their wrestling product. The Athtresses are mainly actresses trained to wrestle. They wrestle, act and do some product modeling as part of their duties. At the end of 2 years, the Athtress most likely leaves to pursue interests outside of wrestling. (I mentioned this is the case with the first 4 Athtresses, who "graduate" in March) For the last few months of 2001, a contest was run to determine the "Queen of Athtresses" among the 7 current Athtresses; Furuta, Ohmori, Kagawa, Kashida, Tojyo, Ishikawa and Ohka. The winner for 2001 was Ayano Ohmori. | ||
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Sachie Abe/KAZUKI vs Sumie Sakai/Hiroyo Muto (Champions) |
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This was a TWF Tag Title Match featuring the champs Sakai/Muto against the newly named team of Abe/KAZUKI, better known as WANTED |
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Abe and KAZUKI have become the comedy duo of the heel stables Superterrors. First they tried to steal the belts and then bribe ref Tommy Ran with a 1000 yen bill. (about $7.50) |
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It was all WANTED early as they double teamed Muto and Sakai. |
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Abe looked to injure herself badly, but was able to come back with a little help from her bamboo shoot bat. |
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Eventually, Muto made a come back, forcing Abe to submit in the backbreaker while stomping KAZUKI. |
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KAZUKI then got on the mike crying over her loss and demands a rematch. She showed a congratulation video where her parents are saying how proud they are of her winning the title. Before Abe can show her video, Muto agrees to a rematch and gets snuck by a Abe headscissors for the loss. |
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WANTED had to do their own victory presentation as no one was willing to validate their victory. |
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Tommy was thinking about swiping the belts for herself in all the confusion. |
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Eventually, WANTED got their belts and the photo op. |
| Fang Suzuki vs The Bloody | |
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This match was a streetfight for the AWF/Queen of the Ring double title belts, which had been vacated soon after a victory by Fang in a 3-way match between Fang/Bloody and Sakai, |
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The match featured 4 different weapons areas: Ladder Forest, Oil Drum Field, Table Land and Chair Mountain. I happened to be right next to Ladder Forest. |
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And right off the bat, they jump into Ladder Forest. |
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This was a battle between allies in the Superterrors group. Their relationship had become strained lately. And became even more strained with this match. |
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Even inside the ring there was heavy use of weapons. |
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Bloody controlled most of the first part of the match. |
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At about the 15 minute mark, however, Bloody caught a really nasty chairshot and looked to have badly injured her arm. From the swelling and way she was dangling it, she quite possibly broke it. |
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As you can almost tell by these pictures, they were trying to kill each other all over the place. |
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I was lucky enough to get a lot of action right in front of me. I guess they felt comfortable in Ladder Forest. |
 
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This action was a little too close. I actually had to jump a few times to keep from getting trampled by the wrestlers. That's okay, the price you pay for such good pictures. If you look really close, you might even be able to see my chair down there. |
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They liked playing with the ladders so much, they took them to Oil Drum Field. |
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They then took the ladders to Table Land. |
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Bloody moving around too much to see her maimed arm. |
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Back in the ring and it turned into an all-out slugfest. |
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Bloody was a mess. That's before Fang introduced the chain. |
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Bloody finally got the win after smacking Fang with her fist wrapped in chain. |
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Fang asked for and got a title rematch in a cage match for January. |
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A bruised and swollen Bloody with the 2 title belts. |
